“I got a phone call at 1am this morning saying that Karah had taken ill and was on the way to hospital. When I arrived, 30 minutes passed and a doctor came into the room and told me that she and our beautiful son had both been taken from me.

“We don’t know why this has happened as Karah was fitter than most athletes and everything was going smoothly with our little boy.”

A spokesman said: “We are extremely saddened by the tragic death of a mother and her unborn baby and offer our deepest sympathies to the family. As with any sudden, unexpected death, the procurator fiscal has been notified.”

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